499 Add note about ipv6 addresses in the docs

cardano-scaling · Sep 20, 2022 · 7d04783 · 7d04783
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diff --git a/docs/docs/getting-started/demo/without-docker.md b/docs/docs/getting-started/demo/without-docker.md
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ Note, should you want to use `cabal`, pass the invocation for example like this
 
 Then, in 3 different terminals, start 3 Hydra nodes from the `demo/` directory:
 
+:::info Note
+We are trying to force ipv4 addresses by using `--peer 127.0.0.1`.
+If you don's see any connected peers in the tui it probably means that your system is configured to use ipv6.
+:::
+
 ````mdx-code-block
 <Tabs>
 
@@ -79,8 +84,8 @@ Then, in 3 different terminals, start 3 Hydra nodes from the `demo/` directory:
 ```
 source .env && hydra-node \
   --node-id 1 --port 5001 --api-port 4001 --monitoring-port 6001 \
-  --peer localhost:5002 \
-  --peer localhost:5003 \
+  --peer 127.0.0.1:5002 \
+  --peer 127.0.0.1:5003 \
   --hydra-signing-key alice.sk \
   --hydra-verification-key bob.vk \
   --hydra-verification-key carol.vk \
@@ -103,8 +108,8 @@ source .env && hydra-node \
 ```
 source .env && hydra-node \
   --node-id 2 --port 5002 --api-port 4002 --monitoring-port 6002 \
-  --peer localhost:5001 \
-  --peer localhost:5003 \
+  --peer 127.0.0.1:5001 \
+  --peer 127.0.0.1:5003 \
   --hydra-signing-key bob.sk \
   --hydra-verification-key alice.vk \
   --hydra-verification-key carol.vk \
@@ -127,8 +132,8 @@ source .env && hydra-node \
 ```
 source .env && hydra-node \
   --node-id 3 --port 5003 --api-port 4003 --monitoring-port 6003 \
-  --peer localhost:5001 \
-  --peer localhost:5002 \
+  --peer 127.0.0.1:5001 \
+  --peer 127.0.0.1:5002 \
   --hydra-signing-key carol.sk \
   --hydra-verification-key alice.vk \
   --hydra-verification-key bob.vk \